The recent double shooting at H.H. Dow High School has brought back memories for one Edenville Township couple.

William and Aimee Rogers spoke at the Midland Public Schools board meeting Monday night about a September shooting their daughter was involved in.

They said their daughter was shot while she and a 15-year-old boy were in Edenville Township. The incident was reported as an accidental shooting, but the parents said they believe the shooting by the boy was not an accident. Both were students at Meridian High School at the time.

When the boy returned to classes at school, he transferred out of the district after students threw rocks at his car window, according to William Rogers. The student transferred to an MPS school.

"Why can't you deny admittance here?" Rogers asked.

He said he was concerned that the district did not research the reasons why the student was transferring before admitting him.

After the meeting, Superintendent Gary Hughes said under Schools of Choice, the district does talk to the student's former school district. Hughes said the district does not admit students who have been suspended from another school district.

The couple said they chose to speak now because of last week's shooting. David B. Turner of Coleman came to the school, but was escorted out by school officials. He contacted his estranged girlfriend, Jessica Forsyth, who came to the school in a vehicle driven by her mother to talk with Turner. While talking, Turner pulled a handgun out of his backpack and shot Forsyth four times, then shot and killed himself.

The shooting was on the minds of several other people, including Nancy Skochdopole.

"Things are moving too quickly regarding the shooting," she said. "Some people think we are not giving the young people time to reflect. It is not time to put it behind us."

She suggested some type of counseling, where young people could talk privately about their feelings and thoughts.

"Midland is a safe community," Skochdopole said, but added that she knows young people who are scared.

The shootings also played into the issue of outsourcing of custodial services, with one parent concerned about the safety of students being around "low-wage transient workers."

"With what happened at Dow, we can't risk the safety of our children," she said.